Nets Suddenly Like Trump Tweets When He Attacks Conservatives

Kyle Drennen | March 27, 2017
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Monday, the network morning shows mysteriously discovered a newfound respect for President Trump’s social media postings after he took to Twitter over the weekend to lay blame for the failure of health care legislation on the House Freedom Caucus and conservative activists. The hosts and correspondents on the NBC, ABC, and CBS broadcasts were gleeful as they touted the “blame game” and “recriminations” occurring within the Republican Party.

On NBC’s Today, co-host Matt Lauer was delighted by the “infighting and the intense blame game among Republicans over that failed bid to pass an ObamaCare replacement.” In the report that followed, correspondent Peter Alexander was eager to stir the pot: “More fallout after last week’s health care collapse for a president feeling a bit drained by the swamp. First the defeat, now the finger pointing.”

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